listening barriers ppt file

1. Group Members
Daniyal Amjad
Umer Afzal
Haris
Azeem Karam

2. Listening & its Barriers

3. Listening
Othe process of receiving,
constructing meaning from, and
responding to a spoken and/ or non-
verbal message (International
Reading Association)

4. listening Barriers…
OExternal barriers
OSpeaker barriers
Olistener barriers

5. External Barriers
O External barriers are related to situations
in the environment.
O Examples
Bee flying
ambulance siren
Cell phone

6. Speaker Barriers
O Barriers derive from the speaker.
O Examples:
Jargon
Complex sentences
Badly organized material
Deliver too fast/slow
Too loud/quiet

7. Listener Barriers
O Personal attitudes or behaviors that
interfere with listening.
O Examples:
Lack of knowledge
physical condition (physiological)
Personal prejudices

8. How can listening skills be
improved?
O We must practice mentally summarizing what the
speaker is saying.
O We must listen analytically.
O Without interrupting, we should join in the conversation
by asking for clarification.
O We should make encouraging noises to let the speaker
know that you are still interested.
O We must maintain good eye contact. We must show in
your posture that we are interested in what is being said.